Carmen: SOMETIMES BAD LUCK COMES AT THE WORST TIME AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE FOR A LOCAL MOTHER DESPERATE TO GET HER LOCAL VAN BACK. STEVE GARAGIOLA IS LIVE IN WARREN WITH THE REASON WHY THIS AUTO THEFT IS HITTING SO HARD. GOOD EVENING, STEVE! Steve: YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOUSY DEAL. YOU HAVE A SINGLE MOM WHO LOSES WHAT WAS A BRAND-NEW VAN, EVERYTHING INSIDE FOR WORK AND NOW SHE IS DOING WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE A SINGLE MOM AND YOU TRY TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. BUT SHE COULD USE A LITTLE BIT OF HELP IN GETTING HER THINGS BACK. AMANDA MEYERS GOT A BAD SURPRISE WHEN SHE CAME OUTSIDE TO GO TO HER JOB. I JUST STARTED A NEW JOB AS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND NOW ALL OF MY STUFF IS GONE, AND I JUST GOT THE VAN IN AUGUST. SO I'VE BARELY HAD IT TWO MONTHS. Steve: HER RED DODGE CARAVAN WITH ALL OF HER PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT WAS STOLEN OVERNIGHT. AS A SINGLE MOM, LIFE IS ALREADY CHANGING ENOUGH. IT'S MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK AND TAKING MY SON AND DAUGHTER TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND DOCTORS. Steve: SHE ADMITS SHE MADE A COSTLY MISTAKE. NORMALLY I BRING ALL MY CAMERA EQUIPMENT IN. BUT LAST NIGHT, I WAS TIRED AND DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. AND I STILL LOCK UP EVERYTHING, BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO HAVE KNOWN THAT. Steve: A SINGLE MOM, I IMAGINE THERE ARE A LOT OF NIGHTS WHEN SHE'S PRETTY TIRED. IF THERE'S ANY BIT OF GOOD NEWS, POLICE ACTED QUICKLY AND THEY DID ARREST TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO SELL TWO OF HER CAMERAS AT A PAWNSHOP, SO SHE WILL GET THE CAMERAS BACK, BUT THE VAN IS STILL OUT THERE. SO SHE HAS TO HOPE FOR THE BEST AND HOPE SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS SOMETHING WILL GIVE A CALL. CARMEN, BACK TO YOU. Carmen: ANY GOOD LEADS ON GETTING THE VAN BACK? Steve: THE ONLY LEADS THEY HAVE ARE THE TWO GUYS THEY ARRESTED THIS MORNING BUT NO CLEAR INDICATION THAT THEY HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH STEALING THE VAN. THEY HAD CAMERAS. AND FOR THAT MATTER, THERE'S NO CLEAR INDICATION THAT THAT VAN ISN'T ALREADY IN PIECES.

WARREN, Mich. -

A Warren mother got a bad surprise Tuesday morning when she came outside to leave for her job as a photographer.

Amanda Myers' Dodge Caravan with all of her photography equipment inside was stolen overnight.

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As a single mom, life is already challenging enough for the 29-year-old mother of two. Myers lives near 8 Mile and Van Dyke.

"It's my only transportation to and from work and taking my son and daughter to and from school and doctors," she said.

Myers says she financed the van barely two months ago and she is now left without transportation to work and the equipment to do her job.

The red 2002 van has a 101 WRIF Dave and Chuck the Freak bumper sticker on the back driver's side window.

Myers says the thief stole her transportation, livelihood, and her family's sense of security.

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